I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm an avid biography reader.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

Timing is everything, as you know.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau].

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

I have called this principle by which each slight variation if useful is preserved by the term natural selection.

I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me.

Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.

If one person is happier because you have lived, it is all worth it. And if you are that person, God is well pleased.

Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

But what is coffee, but a noxious berry, Born to keep used-up Londoners awake?

What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people.

There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

I've been through a lot and I realise the future can't be controlled. I'm not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.